Infrastructure
Auditing IT and OT at a remote site: start with operations
A useful audit does not begin with an equipment inventory. It begins with the decisions and operations that equipment must support.
At a remote site, network, monitoring and business-application availability is measured in day-to-day operations. Before recommending an architecture, teams need to understand production flows, safety constraints and the people who maintain the system.
The first step is connecting technical assets to their use: what data is required, who creates it, who consumes it, and what happens when it is unavailable. This map makes priorities visible.
A credible action plan separates immediate fixes, resilience improvements and structural investments. It gives local teams a realistic path instead of a theoretical technology list.